Where did you go/are you going for work experience?

Secondary school sounds like fun! What exactly are you going to be doing?

I went to a hospital for my one - my dad's doctor friend arranged it for me. It was mostly office work though, as being a minor I wasn't really allowed to go near patients and stuff. But I was allowed to go into the clinic one time, and that was great. I actually got to see some nurses and paitents, lol

So many of my friends went back to their primary schools too. For one school in my borough there were 14 girls there for work experience at once... rather ridiculous, really.

Wherever you go, I'm sure you'll have fun. I've yet to hear from anyone who didn't enjoy their work experience, because it's so distinctly different from the school life we're used to.

I did mine like two years ago, I was the only person who did it at a secondary school. I worked in the technician's prep labs, where they store all the chemicals and equipments for science lessons, I got to prepare experiments for all the teachers, carry out maintanance, handle all the dangerous chemicals that students aren't allowed to touch, and by the end of the day there was no work left, so I was allowed to play around with stuff . Hehe, it was such a great day.

Unfortunately, loads of people in the year below heard about my WE and wanted to do it next year, so they didn't get as much fun as I did, as there were loads of them.

Well, I had to wander in and out of classes occasionally, to set up or dismantle equipment, or in one instance to run a practical. At lunch time i was offered the science office/lounge or the staff room to eat my lunch, but I decided to go outside onto the field, and chat to some people.

When I was in the classrooms, most people thought it was cool and just said hi or asked me questions, although one class made fun of me, but they were a bottom set year 8 class who all the teacher's hate lol. Most people were just interested as to why I was wearing a lab coat lol.

(Another bonus of working with the techies was that I got to hear them gossip all about the science teachers, which was especially funny when they were slagging off the teacher that all the students dislike )

all your WE look really fun compared to mine. Im going to the dentists for 1 wk, the GPs for two wks and the University of Bham economics department for 1 wk. Im still trying to get a WE placement at a hospital but Ive been constantly contacting this man that I think he is becoming to find me really annoying. I absolutely hate the calls because you constantly get passed around different people in a department and have to constantly repeat what you say "I am a year 11 student from... i am phoning to ask whether you offer WE" that at the end of the call I would get soooo bored and begin to talk absolute nonsense and even saying the wrong age and name.